Frans Verbeeck (cyclist)

Frans Verbeeck

Verbeeck in 1973
Personal information
Full name	Frans Verbeeck
Nickname	Flying Milkman
Born	(1941-06-13) 13 June 1941 Langdorp, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Belgian National Road Race Champion (1973) Amstel Gold Race (1970) Omloop Het Volk (1970, 1972) La Flèche Wallonne (1974) Brabantse Pijl (1977) Tour de France, 1 stage (TTT)

Frans Verbeeck (born 13 June 1941) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer.

Palmarès

1969

1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

1970

1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

1st, Omloop Het Volk

1st, Stage 1a, Tour of Belgium

1st, Overall, Tour de l'Oise

1st, Stage 2

1st, Stage 1, Tour de Luxembourg

1971

1st, Amstel Gold Race

1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

1st, Leeuwse Pijl

1st, Stage 1 and 5, Four Days of Dunkirk

1st, Stage 1, 3, 4 and 5, Tour de Luxembourg

1972

1st, GP Frans Verbeeck

1st, Leeuwse Pijl

1st, Omloop Het Volk

1st, Tour du Haut-Var

1st, Stage 2, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st, Stage 3 and 5a, Tour of Belgium

1973

Belgium National Road Race Championship

1st, Stage 1, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk

1st, Stage 4, Tirreno–Adriatico

1st, Stage 2a (TTT), Tour de France

1974

1st, La Flèche Wallonne

1st, Grand Prix de Wallonie

1st, GP Frans Verbeeck

1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium

1st, Stage 3, Tour de Luxembourg

1975

1st, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st, GP Frans Verbeeck

1st, Prologue A, Ronde van Nederland

1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg

1st, Prologue

1976

1st, GP Frans Verbeeck

1st, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

1st, Tour du Haut-Var

1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg

1st, Stages 1 and 2

1st, Stage 3, Tour Méditerranéen

1977

1st, Brabantse Pijl

1st, Druivenkoers Overijse

External links

• Palmarès by velo-club.net at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 December 2008) (in French)
• Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 October 2007) (in French)
• Brief history of his racing career